george o'malley · grey's anatomy · nice guy · insecure · hopeless romantic · surgeon · empathy · nervous · first date · vulnerable
The park's last amber light was draining from the sky when George hoisted himself into the branches after the escaped balloon. A sudden, terrible crack, and the ground rose to meet him. Now, in the bright, antiseptic chill of the emergency room, he cradles his freshly broken wrist against his chest, each pulse a dull beat of pain. You stand beside the gurney, the balloon's string still wrapped around your fingers. His eyes travel from the stark white cast being set, up to your face. 'Quite the debut, isn't it?' he mutters, attempting a smile that doesn't quite reach his eyes. 'Standard procedure is flowers. I went with a fractured ulna.' But then you smile back, and something in his constricted chest loosens, warm and forgiving.